About Laura
Laura Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and on building practical skills for day-to-day life. She emphasizes the client's own expertise about their life and works alongside them to set clear goals.
Laura uses straightforward treatment plans that reflect what each person wants to accomplish. Sessions focus on measurable steps and tools clients can use between meetings.
Background and approach
She often combines client-centered work with cognitive and behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Trauma and grief are areas she has treated frequently, and she brings approaches designed to address painful past events and loss. Laura also supports people working through relationship and intimacy concerns and challenges with self-esteem.
She addresses addiction and coping with life changes with structured, goal-oriented strategies. Her style is collaborative and practical. She helps people outline objectives, learn skills, and track progress.
The aim is to leave sessions with doable actions and clearer thinking. Laura practices in Illinois and holds licensure in both Illinois and Texas. Sessions are conducted in English and offered in multiple online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building goals that matter to each person. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through choices and make plans. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets thoughts and behaviors by teaching practical skills to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for worry, low mood, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that help people manage intense feelings and reduce impulsive reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. This is a collaborative process where goals and tactics are adjusted as progress is tracked.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow sessions to fit into busy days. Video helps recreate a face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and practice new skills as life unfolds.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Texas
- Languages
- English
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